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I carry my laser in my pocket with the aperture down all the time. It is a x-75 that has a cap at the aperture that easily unscrews, that reveals the lens that can be easily accessible for cleaning. :) I just use a thin clean soft hair/dirt/fur-free cloth with NO cleaning agent, and gently rub...

True, true, I guess it’s just my paranoia “Me against the world” mentality kicking in! ;D But I’m defiantly glad that you’re continuing to fabricate your nice heatsinks! ;)

1st: Many laser enthusiasts like to push their LD's beyond what they were designed and built for. In the drive (correct me if I'm wrong) they operate in pulsed, we hobbyist like CW, or constant wave, meaning that it is constantly running, 100% of the time it's switched on. In the drive, there is...

Laser light in the visible to near infrared spectrum (i.e., 400 - 1400 nm) can cause damage to the retina resulting in scotoma (blind spot in the fovea). This wave band is also know as the "retinal hazard region". Laser light in the ultraviolet (290 - 400 nm) or far infrared (1400 - 10,600 nm)...

Could they back-track, and fine you or something for past sells even though you quit? I mean, if they wanted to cop you, they could, right, especially with your confession in writing here on LPF? :-/ Don’t they have a fine of some sort per unit? :-/

Any laser could be modified this way. It's just a typical wicked price. Like I always say, they hype it up and misslead people who don't know any better. Probably has a bitchen housing though.

Yes, and now I'm dead, but not from the electric shock! ;D

I have an idea: What if, c0ld makes a new board in the off-topic section labeled: "Recycle bin" or "Spam board", or something along the lines of that, then when we catch some lazy noob making a thread like this, we can request he moves the topic to that board, so when they continue posting...

did it look like this...

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing! :D You should have someone assist you and try shooting your different colors at the ice at once! :P

http://nascar.about.com/od/steeringwheels/gr/logitechg25.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u8HAgOx2-c Expensive, but awesome!

Re: X100 Review:  Great laser Coherent, nice video, and a nice match burn is always appreciated.  It looks like the laser needed to warm up just a bit on the first match, then got the others like nothing!  A nice x100 is a great add to your collection!   P.S. Damn there's allot of BS now days...

The company I work for was completely closed from 12/25- 1/4, 11 day vacation! And now I'm back. :'( haha ;D Anyway, with a company like Nova, I wouldn't doubt that they just took some holiday vacation time. I think you've done enough, just wait it out a few more days, with the market and...

7.2V is ideal.  It looks like your diode isn't  pushed in the module completely, because that could prevent you from being able to focus it (the distance from the diode to the lens).  It looks like you still have the little "circuit board" attached *Don't press in the diode with this attached...

Well, I added myself 3 times... I can't figure out how to delete the first 2, for some reason it didn't recognize my city and put me 1/2 way across the world, so I used my parent's city... :(

I was thinking the same thing about the IR... not likely though because they're not from LPF... ;D ;D crappy camera. ::) But a 1.5W laser might be able to run off of 3V but I doubt at full power and can't be sufficient, but I thought the typical 1.5W IR LD needs at least 3.5V :-/ And with the...

Night laser swimming! Cool! 8-)

Regarding your late night/ early morning idea, yeah, that's happened to me plenty of times! :P And I've seen something similar, and there has been a couple people who've made multiple lasers in one, but it doesn't seem as practical or as cool as building the complete laser... plus you have to...

C 8-) 8-)L! 12 billion uses for lasers, and now one more!  Nice!

Its funny in reverse, looks like the laser rebuilds the match! ;D Nice gif though!